G/TBT/N/USA/1827  
26 January 2022  
(22-0647) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), 
Department of Energy (DOE) [1856]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other  [X]: [ X ] 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Consumer 
air cleaners; Air quality (ICS 13.040), Test conditions and procedures in general (ICS 
19.020), Miscellaneous domestic and commercial equipment (ICS 97.180)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Test Procedure and Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer 
Products; Consumer Air Cleaners (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Request for information - The U.S. Department of Energy 
("DOE") is initiating  rulemaking activities to consider potential test procedure and 
energy  conservation standards for consumer air cleaners. Through this request  for 
information ("RFI"), DOE seeks data and information regarding  development and 
evaluation of a new test procedure that would be  reason ably designed to produce test 
results which reflect energy use  during a representative average use cycle for the product 
without being  unduly burdensome to conduct. Additionally, this RFI solicits  information 
regarding the development and evaluation of pot ential new  energy conservation 
standards for consumer air cleaners, and whether  such standards would result in 
significant energy savings, be  technologically feasible and economically justified. DOE 
also welcomes  written comments from the public on any sub ject within the scope of  this 
document (including those topics not specifically raised), as well  as the submission of 
data and other relevant information.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of the 
environment  
8. Relevant documents:  87 Federal Register (FR) 3702, 25 January 2022; Title 10 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-01-25/html/2022 -01035.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-01-25/pdf/2022 -01035.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/1827  
 
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  This request for information is identified by Docket Numbers EERE -2021-BT-STD-0035 
and EERE -2021-TP-0036. The Docket Folders are available from Regulations.gov 
at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2021-BT-STD-0035/document  and 
provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also 
accessible from  Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number(s). WTO Members and 
their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the  USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or 
before 4pm Eastern Time on 24 February 2022. Comments received by the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the regulator 
and will also be submitted to the  Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the 
comment period.   
G/TBT/N/USA/1778  - Energy Conservation Program: Proposed Determination of Air 
Cleaners as a Covered Consumer Product; Notification of proposed determination and 
request for comment published 16 September 2021 . The Docket Folder is available on 
Regulations.gov  at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2021-BT-DET-
0022/document  and provides access to primary documents as well as comments 
received.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  24 February 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_0944_00_e.pdf